God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,

And the waters continued to abate until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.

Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,

to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the name of the Lord.

And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”

The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

His father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.

Laban said, “It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

He instructed the first, “When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, ‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? And whose are these ahead of you?’

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows,

Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.”

And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph's house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.”

and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food.

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.

Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn,

And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, crossing his hands (for Manasseh was the firstborn).

And Joseph said to his father, “Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.”

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the firstfruits of my strength, preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.